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overheadandears (notcomparable)
- (informal) Completely; wholly; hopelessly;head over heels.
They wereover head and ears in debt.
1842, [anonymous collaborator ofLetitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LXII, inLady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, […],→OCLC,pages164–165:“Well, I must say, it is a comfort to have any body like you about one, Helen, for Georgiana[…] is reallyover head and ears in love with that sailor […]; she thinks of nothing else, I am convinced, though the most spirit-stirring affair in the world is on thetapis—your brother Glentworth’s election.”
